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the  "body  pharmaceutic,"  to  use  a  happy  phrasing' introduced  by 
President  Wulling  in  his  annual  address  to  designate  the  entire 
grouping  of  associations  connected  with  pharmacy. 
From  east  and  west,  from  north  and  south  assembled  pharma- 
cists, retail,  wholesale  and  manufacturing ;  pharmaceutical  educators  ; 
members  of  pharmcay  boards,  pharmaceutical  journalists,  govern- 
ment officials  and  others,  to  discuss  problems  and  take  action  upon 
questions  affecting  the  progress  of  the  profession,  and  thus,  indirectly, 
the  welfare  of  the  public  at  large. 
The  enrollment,  which  reached  a  total  of  more  than  300  members 
and  others  interested,  was  not  far  below  that  of  the  Atlantic  City 
Meeting  of  1916  and  was  contributed  to  by  the  fact  that  Indian- 
apolis is  very  nearly  the  geographical  center  of  the  United  States. 
As  usual  the  concurrent  meetings  of  the  National  Association  of 
Boards  of  Pharmacy  and  of  the  American  Conference  of  Pharma- 
ceutical Faculties  were  held  during  the  same  week.  The  former 
body  was  ably  presided  over  by  President  Lawrence  C.  Lewis,  of 
Tuskegee.  Ala.,  who  was  assisted  by  Secy.  H.  C.  Christensen,  of 
Chicago,  111.  Meetings  were  held  on  Monday,  August  27,  at  9.30 
a.m.  ;  2.00  p.m.  and  8.00  p.m.  and  on  Tuesday,  August  28,  at  9.30 
a.m.  Joint  meetings  with  the  American  Conference  of  Pharma- 
ceutical Faculties  were  held  on  Tuesday,  August  28,  at  10.00  a.m. 
and  2.00  p.m.  and  a  combined  meeting  with  the  Section  on  Educa- 
tion and  Legislation  of  the  A.  Ph.  A.  and  the  Conference  of  Facul- 
ties on  Friday,  August  31,  at  2.00  p.m. 
Many  excellent  papers  were  presented  and  discussed  at  these 
meetings.  The  officers  of  the  National  Association  of  the  Boards 
of  Pharmacy  elected  for  the  ensuing  year  were:  President,  W.  P. 
Porterfield,  Fargo,  N.  Dak.;  vice-presidents,  John  A..  Weeks,  Bal- 
linger,  Tex. ;  W.  R.  Jarrett,  Oklahoma  City,  Okla. ;  George  D. 
Newcome,  Creston,  la. ;  secretary,  H.  C.  Christensen,  450  Bowen 
avenue,  Chicago,  111. ;  treasurer,  Charles  H.  Skinner,  Windsor,  Vt. ; 
chairman  of  the  advisory  examination  committee,  H.  C.  Christensen, 
Chicago,  111. ;  members  of  the  executive  committee,  E.  G.  Cox, 
Craig.  Mo.,  John  Culley,  Ogden,  Utah,  and  H.  E.  Purdy,  Derby, 
Conn. 
The  American  Conference  of  Pharmaceutical  Faculties  was  in 
session  during  Monday  and  Tuesday.  President  R.  A.  Lyman,  of 
Nebraska,  read  a  very  interesting  address,  which  contained  some 
very  radical  recommendations  and  was  referred  to  a  committee 
